Who We Are:Jazz Section-Artforum is a nonprofit arts organization founded in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1971. Jazzová Sekce-Artforum is one of the oldest organizations of this kind in the former Eastern Europe. Jazzová Sekce-Artforum does not have paid employees; we function entirely on the generosity of donations and sponsor gifts.

Our History: During the Communism, members of Jazzová Sekce-Artforum were persecuted for publishing prohibited and unfit literature („samizdats“), for organizing concerts and exhibitions who had no governmental permission (rock,contemporary art, philosophy, education, human rights).During the 1980’s, Jazzová Sekce-Artforum was completely banned and many of its members imprisoned. Many intellectuals in the world, including holders of the Nobel Prize, resolutely protested against this action. It was the biggest protest in the history of Eastern Europe.